VIDEO: New NRA chairman discusses host of industry issues

June 1, 2008

CHICAGO — Michael Kaufman, newly named chairman of the board of the National Restaurant Association, is ready to move the NRA into a higher position of influence and power. Kaufman shared his goals for the coming year with Paul Barron, editor of Fast Casual magazine and chairman of the Fast Casual Executive Alliance, at the NRA's 89th annual Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show in Chicago.

Kaufman is a former attorney who now is co-president of Enova Restaurant Ventures LLC, which owns, operates and licenses the contemporary American restaurant brand Harry's Tap Room.